Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Dredging?

Xie Junsheng was immediately stunned, not knowing what kind of new punishment this was.

He originally thought that these people were going to build bridges and pave roads. What kind of operation is dredging?

Xiao Zirong nodded: "After digging the mud, let it dry and prepare to burn bricks."

Xie Junsheng suddenly understood: "Brick burning, there are brick kilns in Jingkou."

Xiao Zirong shook his head: "Not enough."

In this era, most of the blue bricks fired are supplied to princes and nobles. Of course, rich people can also have money, but after all, only a small number of bricks are used, so the quantity fired is not enough.

Xie Junsheng asked: "Your Highness, do you want to build more brick kilns?"

Xiao Zirong nodded: "Yes, your focus recently is to focus on these things."

Xie Junsheng thought about it and asked, "I don't know what His Highness wants to build? I'd better plan how much to build first."

Xiao Zirong looked at him, pondered for a while and said, "Ayin, bring me the No. [-] blueprint from my study."

Ah Yin immediately took the order and took back the blueprint after a while.

Because the blueprint is relatively large, Xiao Zirong let Ah Yin and Ah Man unfold it alone.

After the blueprint was unfolded, Xie Junsheng glanced at it and said uncertainly, "This is... a city."

The reason why he is not sure is because the planning of this city is a bit strange, there is a square in the middle, and there are squares on the four sides, and then these five squares form a larger square.

He has never seen such an organizational system, but it is indeed a city in terms of shape.

Xiao Zirong said: "Yes, this is a new city, chosen near Wu County, and will focus on various industries in the future, such as glass, salt making and other functions."

Xie Junsheng couldn't keep up with Xiao Zirong's train of thought, so he asked wonderingly, "It would be fine to build these near Jingkou or other county towns. Why do we have to build another city?"

Xiao Zirong said: "Too scattered is not conducive to management and transportation. For example, there are no less than dozens of things used in the production of sulfonamide. No matter which county is nearby, it cannot accommodate all these dozens of industrial workshops. If they are scattered The risk of transportation, many of them are more dangerous, well, the degree of danger is no less than that of bursting arrows."

Although Xie Junsheng didn't quite understand it yet, when he heard what King Jinling said, he knew that the other party must have already planned it, and even the emperor and the regent knew about it.

Then he doesn't need to ask too much, just follow along and learn. He has a good grasp of the size, and the boss is not a teacher. What's more, even the teacher doesn't tell you everything in detail these days, and more often he needs himself. to comprehend.

Among other things, he has also heard of sulfonamide. It is said that it is hard to find a medicine in Jiankang. With this thing in hand, King Jinling is equivalent to holding a gold mine, and even a gold mine may not be comparable to this medicine.

As long as he stays with him and learns more, it will be beneficial in the future.

Xie Junsheng immediately said that he would definitely keep an eye on building the brick kiln, but at the same time he asked cautiously: "The brick kiln is built, but I'm afraid not so many people can fire it."

The population of Jinling is not too large, but because it is an important military town, there are more soldiers and fewer ordinary people, and these people still bear the heavy responsibility of farming, so it is impossible for all of them to burn bricks.

As for the official slaves...there are not many, and the small population means that building a city will be a very long process, and I don't know how the King of Jinling arranged it.

Xiao Zirong smiled slightly after hearing this: "It's okay, there will be someone soon."

Xie Junsheng was a little strange, he didn't know where he got the people, but he didn't ask too much, he just did what his boss asked him to do.

Xie Junsheng is going to lead people to dig mud and build brick kilns. Although this is a lot of work, but fortunately there is no need to conscript corvee, and the captured soldiers are also relieved.

Work is better than death.

After leaving the matter to Xie Junsheng, Xiao Zirong took Mu Lin directly on the tour.

Those county magistrates are gearing up to entertain Xiao Zirong well, and they must let King Jinling have a good time.

However, Xiao Zirong is really not interested in eating, drinking and having fun. He mainly wants to get familiar with the terrain.

Judging from the map, Jinling really has mountains, waters, and seas, and it will be a treasure land of geomantic omen in future generations.

But now I can't help but feel that I can't do it at a low price. Having mountains means that there are not many fertile fields, and the developed water system also occupies a lot of land.

The terraced fields can be cultivated, but irrigation has become a problem.

Xiao Zirong walked around and made a brief calculation and found that there were really many things to do. The first thing was to build the irrigation network.

No matter how developed the water system is, it will not work if irrigation in some areas with fertile soil is a problem.

Moreover, the water system is too developed and prone to water, so this aspect must be dealt with.

The irrigation network needs to be built bit by bit, cement is definitely indispensable, and dams need to be built.

In addition to the promotion of farm tools.

To be honest, he is really desperate for the current efficiency of Qi State. He has shown Xiao Xuan the Quyuanli and the Keel Waterwheel. The people can reclaim more land, isn't this equivalent to doubling the grain?

As for whether too much reclamation of farmland will affect the environment, Xiao Zirong also checked it out, because after years of wars, in fact, neither the Wei State nor the Qi State has a large population, even if the reclamation will not affect the environment.

Taking a step back, even if it really affects the environment, wouldn't it be reclaimed?

We must first let the people have enough to eat, or let most of the people have enough to eat before we can think about the environment.

Everyone is going to starve to death, who can control the environment?

Xiao Zirong would rather destroy a little now and fix it in the future, as long as it doesn't cause permanent damage, then there is a chance.

However, until now, the court of the State of Qi seems to be quiet, and they don't know what Xiao Xuan and Xiao Xuexing are doing.

He didn't know much about Xiao Xuan, but based on his understanding of Xiao Xuexing, it shouldn't be so.

Xiao Zirong was very strange in his heart, and decided to write to these two after he went back. As for why it was after he went back, it was of course because he still had things to do here. No need to ask for help.

The county magistrates also did not expect that the King of Jinling said that he was on a parade, but he was actually working hard in one place.

Every time he goes to a place, he will not investigate any unjust, false or wrongly decided cases, but first look at the population, cultivated land and taxation of this place.

The case is indeed important, and the wronged person does need someone to vindicate him, but Xiao Zirong is really powerless, and he is also worried that if he does too much, it will cause the county magistrates to retaliate.

These people don't seem to be very aggressive now, maybe because they were suppressed by Jing Shi and others, but it doesn't mean that they are easy to bully.

And who knows what kind of backstage is behind them, they always have to figure out the context before doing it a little bit.

I have to say that these county magistrates may be mediocre, but at least there are no mediocre officials. Xiao Zirong is not afraid of people being smart or stupid.

It seems to be fine now, the tax revenue of most county towns can be flat every year, the population is also growing steadily, and there is not much food in the granary, but if there is a disaster or something like that, it can last for a while.

Except for a few poorer counties, most counties have no fiscal deficit.

After wandering around, Xiao Zirong was very emotional: "I didn't expect that the grassroots officials are quite responsible."

Mi Cai followed him for a moment before saying, "Your Highness is lucky."

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong turned to him and asked, "How do you say?"

Only then did Mi Cai say: "There are so many county magistrates in Qi, but few can do this."

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong thought about it seriously, remembering that Xiao Xuexing insisted on keeping him near Jiankang, he somehow understood.

If it is a remote area, the situation there may be much worse than here, and it may not be easy for Xiao Zirong to do his own thing there.

No matter how tough the folk customs in Jingkou are, it is still near Jiankang. For the sake of Jiankang's safety, the county magistrates in the vicinity also choose relatively safe people.

Looking at it this way, on the surface it was Xiao Xuan and Xiao Xuexing who wanted to train him and threw him to an important military town. In fact, these two were so worried about giving him a stable environment that they chose such a place out of thousands of choices. .

And because Xiao Zirong disliked the bad name, he also dug up the old name.

Xiao Zirong's heart warmed up, and she said with a smile: "Looking at it this way, I have to work harder, otherwise Jinling will fall back in my hands, and I'm afraid I won't be ashamed to see my uncle."

Mi Cai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he said that sentence just after thinking about it for a long time.

He used to be by Xiao Xuan's side, so he could more or less understand the emperor's thoughts. Everyone thought that the eldest prince's eyes had been "cured", so the crown prince would definitely belong to him in the future.

However, Mi Cai knew that the emperor was still very entangled in his heart. He wanted to pass the throne to his son, but he was worried that his son would not be able to support it.

The eldest prince is really a gentle person, such a person is easy to be bullied, before Mi felt that the king of Jinling seemed a little weaker, but the king of Jinling was young and could teach, the eldest prince had already been established.

However, it wasn't until that banquet that he understood why the emperor hesitated.

A man who looks like a rabbit may be a tiger, and anyone who looks down on him will pay the price.

Now that he has figured this out, Mi Cai is very worried that the relationship between the King of Jinling and the Emperor will become estranged after he leaves the town, so he has been thinking about how to bring the emperor and King of Jinling closer.

Xiao Zirong didn't know that he was thinking so much. He walked around full and exhausted. He not only learned about the local ecology, but also learned about the situation of the armies in various places.

The county magistrates greeted him tremblingly, and were relieved when he left.

In the end, I didn't expect this tone to be too early. The first imperial edict issued by King Jinling when he returned to Jingkou was to disarm!